A dialogue of three musical streams
India, Feb. 5 -- Chandrika Krishnamoorthy Tandon, despite early schooling in music, came into the limelight as a musician rather late. That's only because the Chennai-born American musician was carving out her niche as a businessperson - she was the first Indian American woman partner at McKinsey, the global consultancy firm. Triveni, the album that has fetched her a Grammy for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album, is a collaborative effort with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese-origin cellist Eru Matsumoto. This is the first Grammy for 71-year-old Tandon. Triveni, a seven-track album, offers an elevating yet calming soundscape built around Eru's cello notes punctuated by Kellerman's flute and Tandon's soaring voice that recites "shanthi mantras" from Taittiriya, Isavasya, and Brihadaranyaka upanishads. Celebrated verses from the eastern philosophical tradition that speak about the non-duality of the being and the material world and pray for the well-being of the whole collective embellish the cello and flute drawing inspiration from the western classical tradition....
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